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Operatic Anthology - Volume 2: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Contents: Verdi: Re dell' abisso affretati (Invocation Aria) (Un Ballo in Maschera) * O don fatale (Don Carlo) * Stride la vampa (Il Trovatore) * Condotta ell'era in ceppi (Il Trovatore) - Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) * In si barbara (Semiramide) - Mussorgsky: Marina's Aria (Boris Godunov) * Khivria's Song and Hopak (The Fair of Sorochinsk) - Bizet: L'amor est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen) * Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla) (Carmen) * En vain pour eviter (Card Scene) (Carmen) - Mozart: Parto, parto (La Clemenza di Tito) * Non piu du fiori (La Clemenza di Tito) * Non so piu, cosa son (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi,che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) - Purcell: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament) (Dido and Aeneas) - Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) - Donizetti: O mio Fernando (La Favorita) - J. Strauss: Chacun a son gout (Prince Orlosky's Song) (Die Fledermaus) - Ponchielli: Voce di donna (The Blind Girl's Song) (La Gioconda) * Stella del marinar (La Gioconda) - R. Wagner: Hore mit Sinn (Waltraute's Narrative) (Die Gotterdammerung) * Entweihte Gotter! (Ortrud's Curse) (Lohengrin) * Gerechter Gott (Rienzi) * Wo in Bergen du dich birgst (Fricka's Scene) (Die Walkure) - Tchaikovsky: Adieu, forets (Jeanne d'Arc) * Pauline's Aria (Pique Dame) - Thomas: Connais-tu le pays (Mignon) * Me voici dans son boudoir (Mignon) - Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo) - Meyerbeer: Ah! mon fils! (Le Prophete) * Donnez, donnea (Le Prophete) - Handel: Cara sposa, amante cara (Rinaldo) * Ombra mai fu (Serse) - Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) - Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)..
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Great Operatic Disasters
To its devotees, opera is the most sublime of arts. It is also one of the most accident prone, and when things go wrong, they tend to do so on a grand scale. Great Operatic Disasters records some of the most memorable calamities from opera houses around the world. Most of them are true, some have been embroidered over the years, and a few, well, se non e vero, e ben trovato..
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The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon
This entertaining and authoritative study of the castrati during the baroque period explores the lives and triumphs of more than 60 singers over three centuries—their social origins, training, and relationship to society and church. Blending history and anecdote, it traces the course of a phenomenon that held Europe in its thrall. People were fascinated by these hybrids—part man, part woman, and part child—who became virile heroes on the operatic stage. The reader will learn of the horrors of castration, the nature of the strange castrato voice, and the conflicts these singers experienced. .
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Placido Domingo: My Operatic Roles (Great Voices 6) (Great Voices)
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Opera and Its Characters (Volume 1)
A spectacularly illustrated witty book full of historical information and performance history of twenty operas informative, beautiful and clever all at the same time.Behind the scenes at the opera house there is a zany world of larger than life characters, both on and off stage. Irreverent discussions of opera are usually held behind closed doors. Opera and Its Characters is filled with exceptional and matchless tales as told by two singers and their friends giving you their take on twenty operas through the eyes of the characters, shown in full-page color illustrations by Francis Keeping.While the book is chockfull of information history of the individual opera, its cast, composer and librettist, the idea is to set the scene for the opening night. The show business aspect of opera and the nuttiness of its characters and stories are the source of inspiration. The stories in Opera and Its Characters include: the epic arguments between Puccini and his librettists and publisher; The Queen of the Night, aka the worlds worst mother-in-law; Don José, the quintessential mamas boy and murderer; operas most dysfunctional family, King Nabucco of Babylon and his unhinged daughters, Lakme and her rather unusual Gerald, who falls in love with her even after she says, You know, I could have had you killed. These and many familiar and uncommon characters stories are contained in this book and are told in a scholarly yet uniquely whimsical fashion.My visceral response to opera led me to create these drawings in Opera and Its Characters. Having spent years both behind and in front of the footlights, these pages represent the feelings that resonate when I conjure these characters in my mind or see them on the stage. They will evoke a wide variety of responses in others, but I am happy to report that they all have a bond with the crazy inner workings of my imagination.Francis Keeping, New York, 2008.
Price: $29.95
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